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Pursuing the revitalising of the Association the UKSMA is holding: an UKSMA Conference in London in May 2018 The conference affords the opportunity to share experiences, ideas, academic papers, case studies, and strategies for widening the relevance, appeal and benefit…

Managing Agile at Scale: A briefing for Software Executives and Chief Information Officers We do not often think of software development as a fashion industry, but that’s what it is. Every few years some miracle new method hits the street…

Nesma participates in the Software Cost Engineering Body of Knowledge (SCEBoK) initiative together with ICEAA and the support of several international organizations. Currently we have 7 modules available that will be presented in a separate SCEBOK track on the ICEAA workshop in…

Several years ago, the Nesma Board has created a vision for the future of the association, labeled “Nesma 2020”. In a sequence of meetings this vison has been shared with the Nesma members and its content has been developed more…

Over the last years, the Dutch organization Cito has taken care of the certification of the Nesma CFPA exams. They dealt with the operational matters, including hosting the exams, digitally and on location with their partner Lamark. The exams are…

In 2005 the Nesma FPA counting guidelines became the international standard ISO/IEC 24570:2005. In the 2010 and 2015 systematic reviews the standard was prolonged as International Standard. The Nesma Counting Practices Committee has made an inventory of questions and issues…